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UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos and Academy Award winning actor and UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation, Forest Whitaker, have visited South Sudan in an effort to refocus global attention on the conflict-riven country.
“We wanted to see for ourselves the day-to-day impact of the...

Mohamed Bana fondly remembers life before his home, Blue Nile State, erupted in violence.
“During the harvest season, our village would come to life,” he says. “We used to work hard in the fields and cultivate various crops and vegetables. I used to have a small flock of sheep and goats...

The UN and its humanitarian partners have launched an appeal for US$16.4 billion to help at least 57.5 million people affected by crises in 22 countries in 2015.
“Over 80 percent of those we intend to help are in countries mired in conflict where brutality and violence have had a devastating...

In the nine months since conflict began in South Sudan, the UN and its humanitarian partners have assisted more than 3.1 million people. But the threat of violence, hunger and disease remains for millions of people across South Sudan. Even before this crisis, South Sudan was home to one of the world’...

The sight of people wading in knee-deep water between dilapidated and flooded shelters in the UN base in Bentiu has become increasingly common as the rainy season peaks.
With the flooding, already squalid living conditions for the over 46,000 people seeking shelter at the UN base in Bentiu in South Sudan...